CF Montréal and Atlanta United will battle it out to earn a place in the 2024 MLS Cup Playoffs Round One in a Wild Card clash on Tuesday night at Stade Saputo. This Wild Card contest is a single-elimination game that sees the winner advance to take on new Supporters' Shield champions Inter Miami in the Round One Best of Three Series.

BOTTOM LINE: Atlanta United visits CF Montreal in the first round of the MLS Cup Playoffs. Montreal is 9-10-7 in conference play. Montreal has a 1-5-1 record when it scores a single goal. United is 10-9-7 against Eastern Conference opponents. United ranks seventh in the Eastern Conference with 167 shots on goal, averaging 4.9 per game.

Josef Martinez can eliminate his former team when CF Montreal host Atlanta United in Tuesday night's Eastern Conference wild-card game. Martinez played for Atlanta from 2017-22, winning the MLS Cup and Most Valuable Player honors in 2018 before an ACL tear in early 2020 disrupted his career.

Montréal is set to play host to Atlanta at Stade Saputo on Tuesday, Oct. 22 in the Wild Card match. The winner takes on 2024 Supporters' Shield champions Inter Miami and Lionel Messi in the Round One Best of Three Series starting on Oct. 25.

The win caps off an incredible turnaround for Atlanta, which entered the final game of the MLS regular season facing an uphill battle to obtain the final Eastern Conference wild-card spot.

After sneaking into the MLS playoffs, Atlanta United won their Wild Card Round match in thrilling fashion on Tuesday.

Atlanta and Miami open Round One on Friday at 8:30 p.m. at Chase Stadium in Fort Lauderdale before heading to Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta for Game 2 on Nov. 2 at 7 p.m. Game 3, if necessary, is back in Fort Lauderdale on Nov. 9 at 8 p.m.